Ability to: 1) Describe the role that a bug tracker plays in a FOSS project, 2) Describe the different types of issues stored in a bug tracker and their priorities, and 3)Identify and track the status of a particular bug in a project.

Materials/Environment

Access to Internet/Web and web browser.

Additional Information

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Rights

Licensed CC BY-SA

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Wiki posting describing the results of your exploration below.

References:

Background:

Bug tracking systems are a form of change management and organization used by FOSS projects. Bug trackers do far more than simply keep track of bugs. They also are used to hold new feature requests, patches, and some tasks. Bug trackers are also called request trackers, issue trackers and ticket systems.

Directions:

We will use the GNOME MouseTrap project to explore a typical Bugzilla instance for a project.